Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-09-22
noRsE.mEAr IN PARIS.
Noisy Frenchpen Literally Clamoring fs'
q Gut, y viande do Choval.


Noisy FrenohYen Literally Clamcrins f''
. Gut y viando do Cheval.
Twas told that o dead. horse was not
by any means doad loss in Paris. and
l accepted this statement rs the only
reasonable explanation ! could dis.
cover Of the really destructive cruelty
with which one constantly sees those
poor animals treated. Twas directed
to shops where viande de chcual Is
frankly sold. ! went to . restaurant
where I was assured that this delicacy
would infallibly DO served up to mo
for beefsteak. and 1t was. But still
was unable to grasp the idea OF tho
horse as IN established fact In food
coveted article OF diet--until one night
when I had ocular proof OF tho supple
mentary career OF usefulness upon
which this faithful servant Of man only
enters when he has tolled his last
weary course over the slippery pave
ments Of tho capital Of Europe.
We had been wandering away from
the great thoroughfare. II you are In
search of characteristic glimpses OF
Partisan life you will do well to keep
away from the bois, the great boule-
wards and the lights, where the tourist
Is surely to be with you, armed with
his little red "Baedeker" and skipping
briskly from point to point slipping
information from the catalogue and
the guide-book.
We had turned Oft from the Rue du
Temple into street so narrow that we
seemed to have dropped into a crack
between tho tall. grim, smoke black.
cncd old houses that loomcd OH either
side. This ''craok" was endowed
with alleged sidewalks. They were
about fifteen inches wide. and looked
like an indefinitely protractcd door.
step. No mortal but the thin man OF
u museum could possibly walk on
them. We eschewed them and tro,ted
contentedly through the middle of the
street with the rest Of tho population.
The small shops along the way were
alight. and so were the lamps, al
though overhead the tops of the high
houses and the quaint irregular roofs,
with their picturesque chimney-pots,
were still flushed with sunset light
the color Of the pink anemones from
Nice that were piled up on so many OF
tho flower barrows along tho bou.
lcvarls.
We passed the vendcrs OF mdrrons
rotis. who appear to grow in the angles
of walls, 50 surely do you find them
established there. with their little
smoking furnaces and bag of shining
chestnuts. We glanced at the stall OF
the woman who stands all day frying
potatoes to warm. brown crispness.
At the evening hour she has many GUS
toners. men. women and children.
We stopped to watch them. but directly
/ perceived that u little further along
the stree, quite crowd had gathered.
and we hastened to add ourselves to
the multitude.
Reaching the edge Of the motley
,iroug. we climbed upon bencli
standing In front Of lavoir and
looked over the heads OF the people
After all 1t was only poor horse
dropped dead in his tracks
no uncommon sight. i stepped
down aud turned to go. but Sketchem
cluchcd my sleeve and cried: "Wait. "
got back Into position and looked.
Several mon were tugging at the beast;
dragging him TO n large cart--a sort OF
animal ambulance. The wagon he had
lately drawn stood by, with empty
harness. Presently they had him il
place. oil his back. with his hoofs kick
Ing at heaven.
Then n sturdy. rcd.chcckod, black.
eyed fellow, picturesque in the lamp.
| light and the blaze Of u torch fixed at
the tail of the cart, appeared on the
scene. A brown wooden cap was
pushed far back on his head. the
sleeves of his blue blouse were rolled
to his shoulders. H. jumped upon the
gray carcass aud stood grasping one
of the stiffoning legs. II, smiled at
the eager-looking crowd. and his
white teeth shono in the torch-glarc.
caught also the CLEAN of n long, bright
knife in his hand. H. fell into sort
Of an addrcss.over.C Cesar s-body atti'
tudc. "ls he going to deliver an ora.
ton on the virtues and vicissitudes OF
the defunct beast, or is he about to hold
clinic in the street,"
l turned with u smile and this qucs'
ton to Sketchem. who was too busy
with pencil and paper TO heed me. and
felt the smile whitening on my lips a.
the meaning Of the extraordinary spec
tacle dawned upon me.
l had seen enough. j slipped dowr
and sat on the bench as the people
pressed forward, literally clamoring to
be served from the impromptu butcher
shop with various cuts OF piande de
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